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IPA/akseleʁasjɔ̃/
L'accélération sur l'autoroute a été soudaine.
The acceleration on the highway was sudden.
L'accélération de la croissance inquiète les ménages.
The acceleration of growth worries households.
A change that pushes motion or progress into a faster phase.
une accélération soudaine
a sudden acceleration
l'accélération de la croissance
the acceleration of growth
vitesse: The speed of movement at a particular moment.
augmentation: An increase in the amount or degree of something.
ralentissement: A decrease in the speed of movement or progress.
Action d'augmenter la vitesse ou changement qui rend quelque chose plus rapide, employée au sens concret (mouvement, véhicule) et au sens figuré (processus, développement).
Accélération is formed from French accélérer with the suffix -ation, ultimately from Latin accelerare, meaning to hasten.